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Two Naiads in a Park by Émile-René Ménard (1895)

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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains.

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𝖱𝖾𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖻𝗒 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾

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HAYLEY WILLIAMS | photography by zac farro

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~ Florence Harrison, "Two Red Roses Across the Moon" from Early Poems of William Morris (1914)

via internet archive

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Hurlingham Books l possibly the oldest independent bookshop in South West London

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i love scrolling through my feed in the morning and reading about everyone's day. in my head we are all sitting outside a cafe enjoying espresso like old italian men

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obsessed with mass market paperbacks. their pleasing rectangular proportions. how they fit badly in a hoodie pocket so you can drag them around everywhere with you like a temporary little buddy. the way they fit in your hand because they're MADE for human hands and not as bookshelf decoration. the way the pages feel when you riffle them gently with your thumb. How pristine and crisp they look when you get them and how creased and folded they look when you're done, even if you try to be nice to them. how that wear is okay, how that's correct actually, because they're made with the philosophy that books aren't meant to be PRETTY, they're meant to be read. that little ripple new ones get on the left side from where you hold them when you're reading, the way the ripple only goes as far as you've read, because u change stories by reading as they are changing you. how you can find thousands of these creased and folded and loved little dudes in every thrift store and used book shop and neighborhood library and you can instantly see the ones that someone carried around in a backpack for weeks or read to pieces or gave up on halfway through because they wear being read like fresh snow wears footprints. I love these poorly made, subpar little rectangles so much. truly the people's books.

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Angel Sculpture by Gaylord Ho Colon in Cimitero Sant'Anna, Italy  

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Might've taken thirty years but I was always on my way to him.

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Cherries by Jan Davidsz de Heem.

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｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ ﾟ. September will bring blessings.

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dark macadamia

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Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite - Boldut Mine, Maramures Co., Romania

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J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Return of the King